Separator.



Patented Apr. 23, 190i. G. C. HUNTER.

SEPARATfi RI (Application filed Aug. 25, 1800.)

(No new.)

T at whomlitmalyconcernf r j Beitknown that I, GEORGE C. HUNTER, a citizen ofthe United Statesof America, and a resident ofChicago',-in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain newjand useful Improvements in Separators, of whichthe following is a specification. j

a The main object of my invention, is toprovide an improved devicefor separating oil and impurities from exhaust-steam and from am- .1 monia-gas used in refrigerating-machines.

It will be understood that the device may impurities from steam or gas.

signed mainlyfor use on a refrigeratingma steam,whicl1 is afterward converted into distilled water. A similar device will be used i 20 for drying andremoving the impurities from the ammonia-gasused in the process of refrigeration. y The particular objects of the different parts with which I put my invention into practice will be understood from the following description, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which-'- Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of a separator constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 2 2.

In the form shown the casing 1 has the head secured to one end by the bolts 4:. A plate or partition 5 is secured between flanges 6 and 7 of the casing l'and head 3, respectively. The plate 5 has a series of perforations 8, in which the tubes 9 are seated. Said tubes extend toward thewall 10 of the casing. The wall 10 is provided with a series of conical projections 11, which are located immediately opposite the free ends of the tubes 9. Said projections are so disposed toward said tubes that same will break up or divide the jet of steam passing from each tube. The wall 10 has the neck 12 projecting into the chamber 13, in which the tubes 9 are located. The mouth 14 or the inlet end of the neck 12 is located near the partition 5 and considerably inward of the outlet end of the tube 9. A perforated partition or screen 15 is seated in the partition 10 and protects the passage through the neck 12. The head 3 has therein \be usedin other connections forremoving The device hereinafter described is de-.

chine,its purpose being to purify the exhaustof the set-screws 27.

I vided by the projections 11.

t i H 3,0 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR or ONE-FOURTHTO 1 J HN MON GHAN, 0F SAME PLACE, i

,SEPARATOR.

srno rrcn rioiv forming part of Letters Patent No. 672,531, dated April 23, 1901. j l i I Application filed August- 25, 1900. Serial No. 27,973. (No model.)

the inlet-port 16. A The pocket 17 is formed in the wall of the casing 1 for collecting the oil and water which may be deposited by the steam and which may be drawn off through the port 18, controlled by the valve 19. The

partition 5 divides the casing so as to separate the inlet-chamber 20 from the outletchamber 13 and cause the steam to pass from the chamber 20 into the chamber 13 only through the tubes 9. The casing 1 has therein the middle chamber 21, which is designed for containing coke or other suitable filtering matter 21'. The hand-holes 22 extend through the wall of the casing l and provide for access to the chamber 21 for-supplying or removing the filtering matter. Said handholes are closed by the plugs 23. The outlet from the chamber 21 is through the tubes 24. Said outlet is protected by a perforated plate or screen 25. The parts shown in the left half of Fig. 1 are similar in structure to. the

corresponding parts hereinbefore described. The partition 26 is like the partition 5, except that same is held in position by means The screen 25 is secured between the partition 26 and the shoulder 28 on the casing. The tubes 24. are in all respects similar to the tubes 8. The partition 29 is similar to the partition 10, except that the partition 29 is held between the flanges 30 and 31 of the casing l and head 32, respectively. The partition 29 is likewise provided with cones or projections 33, similarto the cones 11, and is also provided with a neck 34:, similar to the neck 12. The steam passes from the chamber 35 through the neck 34 and outlet 36 of the head 32. A pocket 17, with outlet 18 and valve 19, is likewise provided for the chamber 35.

The operation of the device is as follows: The separator is suitably connected for receiving the exhaust-steam through a port 16. Said steam passes in the direction of the arrows through the tubes 9. The jet of steam from each of said tubes is broken up or di- The oil and surplus water in the steam will be deposited on the surface of said projections, and when a sufficient quantity has accumulated to give the necessary weight to same it will collect at the bottom of the chamber 13 in the pocket U I STATES PATENT QFFICE.

" "-17. Thesam'e mayth'erebe-drawn offthrough chamber-f2lfthr0ugh the tubes 24, again mak- .ing a deposit on the] cones '23 and on' the interior walls of the chamber 35, then passing outthr ough the neck'34: and outlet-port 36. The oil "and surplus water will likewise be collected at the bottom of'the chamber 35in the pocket 17, from which same may be drawn off insimilar manner as before described.

When the device is used for ammonia, chl'o-J rid of calcium or other suitable filtering matter for drying thegas will be used in the chamber 21 insteadof coke or like material. I It will be understood that one of my separa tors will be used on the ammonia side of a refrigerating-machine, while another will be connected with the exhaust-steam.

It will be seen that the parts in the chambers13 and :85 are substantially duplicated andthat the device may be made with only one of'said chambers for use in merely reuibving oil and impurities from exhauststeami i 4 :I t'lwill -be understood that the device may beifused in vertical as well as horizontal position and that the details shown may be altered in various ways without departing from the spirit of my invention. I. therefore do not confine myself to said details except as hereinafter limited in the claims.

What -I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A separator comprisinga casing having.

a partition therein forming an inlet-chamber and an outlet-chamber; a series of tubes leading from said inlet-chamber through the par, tition and toward the opposite wall of the outlet-chamber; a series of projections on said opposite wall extending toward and in proximity to the outlet ends of said tubes; and an outlet-neck opening through said opposite wall, extending into said outlet-chamber,and having its mouth communicating with said outlet-chamber inward of the outlet ends of said tubes; substantially as described.

2. A separator comprising a'casing having a partition therein forming an inlet-chamber and an outlet-chamber; a series of tubes lead ing from said inlet-chamber through the partition and toward the opposite wall of the out let-chamber; a series of conicalprojections on said opposite wall, each having its apex extending toward and in proximity to the outlet end of one of said tubes; and an outletneck opening through said opposite wall, ex- 2 tending in to o'utlet-cha1nber,- and having its mouth communicating wi'th' said outletchamber'inward of the .outlet endsjofsaid tubes; substantially asdescribed. V w

3. A separatorieomprising a casinghaving I a partitionthereinform-ingan in letu'ghamber and anoutlet-chamber; a series of tubes leadtition' andtoward theoppositewallofthe out [let-chamber; anoutlet-neck opening through;

saia pposaewa 1 extending into. said outletchamber, and having its mouthcommunicatlingwit-h said outlet-chamberinwardof the outlet'ends of said tubes; at, screenein" said (neck; an d a chamber contain-in'g filtering material outward of said screen, andlcommuni eating with said neck through said screen,

describedf, J

and havingan outlet-port; substantially as 4. A separator comprising a casing having a partition therein forminga'n inlet c'hamber and anloutlet chamber; a series of tubes leading from said inlet-chamber through the' partit ion and toward the opposite wall of the out-. let-chamber; an outlet-neck opening through said opposite wall extending into said outletchamber, and having its mouth communicating with said outlet-chamber inward of the neck; a filter-cham ber v containing filtering outIetends of said tubes; a screen in'said I material outward of saidscreen, and communicating with said .neck through said screen; asecond outlet-chamber, having a series of tubes leading into same-from the filter-chamher, with a Wall opposed to the outlet endsof said tubes andan outlet-neck opening through said wall, extending'into said outlet-chamber, and having itsv mouthcommunicating with said second outlet-chamber inward of the outlet ends of said tubes; substantially as described.

5. A separatorcomprising a casing having a' partition therein forming an inlet-chamber and an outlet-chamber; a series of'tubes extending from said inlet-cham berinto the outlet-chamber; a wall having a series'of projections disposed opposite the outlet ends of said tubes and adapted to break or divide the jets of steam or gas leaving said tubes; said outlet-chamber having a discharge-port communicating therewith'at a place inward of the outlet ends of said tubes and in position to discharge the steam or gas only after same has been divided by said projections, and backed up from said wall;.substantially as I described.

Signed at Chicago, Illinois, this 20th day of August, 1900.

GEORGE O. HUNTER.

Witnesses:

WM. R. RUMMLER, ALICE DICK.

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